GOG will soon start deleting your games' cloud saves if they're too large
Make sure to back up locally
New fMRI study reveals internet addiction physically changes brain chemistry in children 10-19
Physical coordination and cognitive functions like memory and decision making are affected
Google's privacy chief and head of competition law are leaving, will not be replaced
Does Google think it doesn't need a privacy chief?
Broadband providers file lawsuits against FCC to crush net neutrality rules
The FCC voted in April to reinstate net neutrality in the US
London hospitals forced to cancel operations following ransomware attack
A pathology service provider was attacked, bringing the NHS into "critical" mode
Team Fortress 2 players drop review bomb on Valve for ignoring game's bot problem
The community is fed up with the cheaters and started a petition demanding developers nip the issue in the bud
What just happened? Team Fortress 2 just got review-bombed so hard that its "recent review" ranking is now "mostly negative." Despite being 17 years old, the team shooter is still very popular, even more so with its recent update. It still ranks as one of the most-played games on Steam.
Leaked Google database reveals some of its worst privacy failings
Nintendo will be annoyed by one revelation
Instagram's unskippable ads test causes outrage among users
Watch them, or no more doomscrolling
"I'm a Mac" actor grows up to promote Windows on Arm PCs for Qualcomm
The more "things change," the more they stay the same
Telcos happen to be sitting on a gold mine of buried copper wire
Companies just need to start digging it
Hackers damaged over 600,000 routers last year that belonged to a single ISP
An unusually destructive cyber-attack with an unknown purpose
Google defends failing AI search, while promising improvements
AI Overviews struggle with satire, lack of information, and confusing queries
FCC ends high-speed internet subsidies as funds expire
Millions of low-income Americans could see rising internet costs
TikTok denies report it is cloning its algorithm, potentially for a US-only version of the app
Is ByteDance just playing its cards close to its chest?
Google discloses how they mistakenly erased $135 billion cloud customer account
Facepalm: One of Google Cloud's worst nightmares came true in early May, when an embarrassing snafu completely erased a customer's account and data backups. The unlucky victim was Australian pension fund UniSuper, which manages a staggering $135 billion in assets for over 600,000 members. The pension fund was essentially frozen for two weeks, unable to fully operate while it scrambled to recover from third-party backups.
Meta deleted over 2,000 accounts last quarter for posting fake content, Israel identified as major source
Not surprisingly, generative AI was used in the propaganda campaigns
Microsoft aims to make Edge faster with the WebUI 2.0 project
Faster, better, but with a five-percent marketshare, does it matter?
Leaked documentation uncovers some of Google's secret recipe for website ranking in search results
No actual source code is included, but SEO specialists are going crazy nonetheless
Multi-day DDoS attack targets Internet Archive and Wayback Machine
The IA's collection is safe, for now
Facebook will soon use your posted content to train its AI, and opting out isn't easy
Meta likely made the process arduous for a reason
Hackers exploited free VPN services to build a massive botnet, used home PCs to commit fraud
The "free" service enabled billions of dollars in fraud, now hit with US sanctions
Opera adds Google Gemini to its browser for image generation and voice features
Opera's Developer Edition has integrated Google Gemini into its Aria browser AI, enhancing image generation capabilities and adding voice output for reading text answers.
Ad blocker users say YouTube videos are skipping to the end, playing without audio
Another punishment by YouTube or a bug?
Accounts that track celebrity jets could struggle following privacy changes to FAA bill
Giving jet-owning celebs more anonymity
Google is building the first fiber optic cable connecting Africa and Australia
Called the Umoja cable route, it includes access points that give other countries entry to the network